Sealing-cap for vessels.



J. A. HICKS, DEO'D. A. w. mcxs, ADMINISTRATOR. SEALING GAP FOB, VBSSELS.APPLIOATION FILED APR. 1 1910.

1,082,696.- Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

W/TNESSES: I

Y INVENTOR nnomsrx v the vessel UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN AUGUSTUS HICKS, 0F SUMMIT, NE

w JERSEY; ARTHUR w. HICKS 'rna'ron or sun JOHN AUGUSTUS HICKS, DECEASED.

ADMINIS- SEALING-C'AP FOR VESS ELS.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Join: AUoUsTUs HICKS, acitizen of the United States, residing at Summit, Union county, NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements'inSealing-Caps for Vessels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sealing caps for vessels. The'object'of myinvention is to provide a sealing cap with a compressible material,having the face which comes in contact with and its contents, pliable,non-absorbent and adhesive.

In order that those familiar with the 'art' may understand and make useof my invention,'I will describe it as follows. in connection with theaccompanying drawings, in which: c

Figure 1 illustrates a sealing wafermade according to my invention. Fig.2 illus trates the same in position in a metal cap. Fig. 3 illustratesthe thin layer of. material which forms the adhesive portion of thewafer. Fig. 3 is a top view of Fig. 3. Fig. 4 illustrates the sealingwafer as held compressed on the vessel. Fig. 5 illustrates the metal capremoved from the sealing wafer and vessel, the water as a whole adheringto the. vessel. Fig. 6 illustrates a part only of the wafer adhering tothe vesseL'such .part being the adhesive face or underlining.

cap with the compressi- Fig. 7 illustrates the wafer removed from theble material of the vessel.

In the drawing, A denotes the. compressible portion of the lining of thecap, B denotes the thin or wafer-like adhesive underlining, C denotesthe metal cap, and D denotes the neck and top of a bottle.

I employ a compressible material A, and face it with a thin, pliable,non-absorbent, adhesive material, B. I assemble thesemae terialstogether and place them inthe cup of a sealing cap with the adhesive,nonabsorbent and pliable face so arranged that whenthe cap is applied toa vessel by pressure, the said adhesive face will be in contact with thevessel surface and its contents, and will adhere to the vessels surfaceand produce a hermetical .seal. When the cap is removed from the vesselto empty the contents, which are usually of a gaseous na Specificationof Letters Patent.

' vessel by the internal Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

Application filed April 1, 1910. Serial N 0. 552,896.

ture. the wafer will stick to the vessel sutliciently long to cause thegases from the vessel to discharge with a pop.

lVhen the sealing cap is to be used on vcsscls f llled with malt liquor'which is to be steril zed under heat. I back up the compressiblematerial of my wafer with a stilt .material which is sutticientlyadhesive under heat to cement itself to the compressible material. andthereby form a composite wafer of 'sufiicient stiffness and adhesivenessto stick on the vessel. while the metal cap is heingd-emoved, and to beblown from the gaseous pressure with a loud pop. 7 i

I usually'employ as my adhesive material an antiseptic substance. i

' Having now fully described my invention and the manner in which I haveembodied it,

as new and as my invention and desire. to secure by Letters Patent is-1-. A bottle closure comprising a metal cap adapted to be secured overthe mouth of the bottle, and a lining in the cap having an imperviousadhesive face adapted to adhere hermetically to the bottle mouth, thelining being unattached to the cap, whereby what I claim In removing thecap from the bottle the cap,

will separate from the lining, leaving the latter-adhering to the bottlemouth so as t?) be blown immediately therefrom with an explosive soundby the pressure of gas in the bottle. v v

2. A bottle closure comprising a cap adapted to be secured over themouth of the bottle, a yielding pad in the cap, and a facing thereforconsisting of an impervious adhesive wafer, the pad and waferconstituting a lining unattached to the cap but adapted to adherehermetically to the bottle mouth, whereby in removing the cap from thebottle the cap will separate from the lining, leaving the latteradhering to the bottle mouth so as to be blown immediately therefromwith an explosive sound by the pressure of gas in the bottle.

In testimony whereof, Ihave signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

J OHN AUGUSTUS HICKS.

Witnesses:

W. H. Ross, N. P. BARR.

